Celebrating 25 Years

This yearare very proud to have been in the Aviation and Signed book business for
25 years.
We have been on the air show circuit hosting signing events and raising many thousands of pounds for
RAF Charities over the years.
This year we will be exhibiting and producing some very collectable items to coincide with this milestone in our business.
We have been very honoured to have been associated with some of the most historical aviation aircrew from the
Second World War.
Here's looking forward to seeing you all as the air show season approaches us.

The choice of signed books is second to none and is so extensive that nowhere else can match it online.
We specialize in limited edition bookplates and take part in several book launches throughout the year.
For our forthcoming calendar visit the special events page.

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Colin and Rose

Check out our books page recently updated 13th February2015

Please note: The forthcoming third edition of the " Men of the Battle of Britain" is due to be released and coincide with the opening of 'The Wing' at Capel - le - Ferne, June 2015. Once again a lot more info of pilots have come to light.
I know that I have been saying it for a long time but it will be well worth the wait!

Also check out the recently updated print pages

This plate is cut to the exact size to fit into Colin Gray's Book Spitfire Patrol, the book on its own is extremely hard to find but this plate has been signed by the legendary Battle of Britain pilot Colin Gray and also signed by Terry Clark, Bob Foster, Nigel Rose, Len Davies, Terence Kane, Ken Wilkinson, Tony Pickering and Tom Neil.

It has a fold line where it was originally sent to Colin Gray, by the previous owner, but it is a fantastic item to add into Colin Gray's book.

THE LANCASTER AND THE TIRPITZ
BY
SQUADRON LEADER TONY IVESON
AND BRIAN MILTON

This is the story of the Lancaster bomber and the sinking of the battleship Tirpitz. Two of the most legendary war machines of the Second World War, they symbolised their nations' quests for victory in history's greatest ever conflict. The Lancaster was Britain's main heavy bomber - RAF Bomber Command's 'Shining Sword' - whose role was to take the fight to the enemy, delivering deadly payloads to targets deep in the heart of Germany. It was used in the famous Dam Buster raid, and later in the war carried out critically important precision-bombing missions on targets such as the V-weapons complex at Peenemunde. The Tirpitz was Germany's largest warship. This leviathan of a battleship boasted eight fifteen-inch guns and weighed 2,000 tons more than her sister ship the Bismarck which was sunk by the British in 1941. Stationed for most of the war in a Norwegian fjord, Tirpitz helped deter the Allied invasion of Norway and threatened the Arctic convoys, which were an essential lifeline for the Soviet Union. Written by a former Squadron Leader of the 617 'Dam Busters' Squadron, who took part in the Lancaster-bomber raid that finally sank the Tirpitz in November 1944, and published to commemorate the raid's 70th anniversary, The Lancaster and the Tirpitz is a brilliantly readable account full of first-hand memories that take the reader to the heart of the action.

We are proud and honoured to have known Tony since the early '80's this is a fitting tribute to a pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain and then transferred to Bomber Command with the famous 617 Squadron.
We only have a very limited quantity of this bookplate.

£45 + postage and packing

This is the year of the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
and we are proud to release this part of the edition
by one of
the world renown aviation artist Nicolas Trudgian

Five in one Day
By
Nicolas Trudgian

Artist proof

A limited edition of 40 worldwide, this was retained to help raise funds for the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust
This incredible print was signed several years ago with no less than 21 Battle of Britain aircrew

Colin has framed this to his usual high standards with an original wartime set of pilot wings, bombardier wings, navigator wings, air-gunner wings and radio operator wings.

All these are guaranteed original wartime.

Footnote: Check out the updated books page too!

This tree was planted at the National Arboretum with the monies collected from Duxford Air show.
Thank you for your support

The building is now taking shape

We have been proud supporters and fundraisers for the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust since 1992. We have raised large sums of money through signing events and auctions over the years. On the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with your help we raised a staggering amount of over £30,000.

In this year Colin was honoured to be nominated to become a Trustee of the trust, the fundraising this year with the trust and the Battle of Britain Fighter Association is going well.

On the 27th October 2011 we were privileged to be helping at the Charity Gala Dinner and Auction held at the RAF Club in aid of ‘The Wing’ appeal on behalf of The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust. The event was held in the presence of HRH Prince Michael of Kent.
We would like to thank everybody for their support, as it raised as staggering £27,000.

On the 18th October 2012 we held another Charity Gala Dinner and Auction, this time raising the amazing amount of £40,000.

At the gala dinner in October 2014, we raised over £29,000.

This is raising funds for the eagerly anticipated ‘The Wing’ education centre at Capel Le Ferne, if you are interested in this project please go to this website for further detailswww.battleofbritainmemorial.org/the-memorialThank you for your continued support.